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Senator Mike Gabbard currently serves as chair of the committee on Agriculture and Environment. He is also vice chair of the committee on Water and Land and a member of the committee on Judiciary and Labor.
Senator Gabbard represents Hawai‘i's 20th Senatorial District and has served in the Hawai‘i State Senate since 2006. Gabbard served on the Honolulu City Council from 2003-2005.
Born on January 15, 1948 in American Samoa, Senator Gabbard and his wife, Carol, have five children: Bhakti, Jai, Ryan, Tulsi, and Vrindavan. Senator Gabbard is a graduate from Choctawhatchee High School and received a B.A. in English from California State University, Sonoma in 1971. He continued his education, receiving an M.A. in Adult Education with emphasis on community college administration from Oregon State University in 1980.